Browsing Tag: Khalsa Diwan Society

So what needs to change? “I have no idea,” Mand said. “It’s up to the women now.”

The story of the Khalsa Diwan Society is almost as old as the immigration of the first Sikhs to British Columbia. During the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in 1897, Sikh soldiers passed through British Columbia. They were very impressed with the majestic land and quickly spread the word to other soldiers and their relatives in their homeland, the Punjab. By 1906 more than 5,000 Sikh immigrants had arrived in Vancouver looking for greener pastures.

The buzz has been building all year for the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Gur Sikh Temple on South Fraser Way.

Hundreds of Community members from New Westminster and around the Lower Mainland, came together on Saturday 9th July, for the unique opening ceremony of Sukh Sagar Park. This is the first time in North American Sikh History that a prominent park has been named after a Gurdwara Sahib.

The Sikh community led effort culminated on April 2, 1947 in all South Asians attaining the right to vote. And we feel it is definitely a day worth celebrating especially since we are now amidst a federal election where the much contest right to vote can be put into practice. SO DON’T FORGET TO VOTE ON MAY 2!!!

The team of Sevadaars from Toronto, were asked by the Gurdwara Sahib to organize this camp and their dedication and extensive material, both written and in presentation form, is what made this camp so unique and different from other Gurmat camps.

Once again the past weekend was busy one for the members of the Khalsa Diwan Society New Westminster.

Temple volunteers tie hundreds of turbans in Surrey and Burnaby on the weekend.

This year’s event was again held to commemorate the martyrdom of the Sikhs’ fifth Guru, Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji.